Britain ramps up air plant production in 24 hour shift
London reports Britain’s aircraft factories endure 24 hour schedules to speed up 2000 new planes after Rome alerts of Italy massing air forces and submarines near Malta. Air minister calls for pilots, five new training camps to open within six months as Mediterranean defense tightens. Mussolini vows mobilization grows to over a million men.
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London
Rome
Italy
Sicily
Malta
Philip Sassoon
Air
Britain
Suez Canal
British Admiralty
Home Fleet
Roosevelt Signs Rivers and Harbors Bill
President Roosevelt signed the Rivers and Harbors measure authorizing 614 million dollars for improvements. The bill approves on going projects funded with PWA money and requires later congressional appropriations for several hundred more.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Rooevelt
PWA
Congress
Five Typhoid Stricken Girls At Cascade Camp Improve
Five girls from homes in Washington Germantown Pa Philadelphia Pelham Manor and Cumberland contracted typhoid at a Cascade area camp about ten days ago. They are now at Washington County Hospital showing marked improvement after earlier severe symptoms and vigilant parental support.
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Cascade
Washington County Hospital
Washington
Germantown
Philadelphia
Pelham Manor N Y
Cumberland
Weather Summary with Temperatures and Moon Phases
Daily weather report noting 7 am precipitation none for today. August precipitation totals show 2.65 inches normal and 1.53 inches actual to date. Temperatures yesterday reached 75, compared with 18 last year. low last night 52, versus 42 last year. Moon rises tomorrow at 9 05 am and sets at 3 00 pm. Sky conditions indicate Morocace clear and Potomac clear in Maryland while Virgins side shows cloudy conditions.
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Potomac
Maryland Eile
Montgomery WPA road program eyed for county funds
Montgomery county officials move a $700,000 WPA road program to the State Roads Commission for approval. The plan prioritizes eliminating two dangerous Rockville and Kensington railroad crossings and funding 18 miles of macadam secondary roads with 100 percent federal grants. The package also reendorses a $79,470 parkway project for Sligo Creek and Kensington parkways.
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Montgomery County
State Roads Commission
Francis H. Dryden
State Works Progress
Rockville
Kensington
Roads Commission
WPA
Henry Nicoll
Rocksille
Kenington
Laytonsville Unity Road
Pooleeville- Bealisville Road
Fred Hughes
Poolesville
Sugarland
Lewisdale
Hyattstown
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Watkins Mill
Gaithers
Cadam
Etchison Unity Collecting Link
Cedar Grove
Woodfield
Dorsood
Redland
Poole's Tract
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Gaithersburg
Hunting HI
Barnestown Pike
Les Comer
Dickerson
Jdcsesh
Darby Road
Pooleane Uke
Seneca
Maryland National Capital Pack and
Piinaing Commission
Sligo Creek
Ken Jaingion
Local WPA projects sent for approval in Frederick County
State welfare officials forward nearly 300000 dollars in projects to Washington for WPA approval. About 525 people may gain six months of work. 450 to 475 could move to direct relief as work ends next week. Some projects may resume if approval arrives. county and city plans include a sewerage system with half the cost funded by a PWA grant.
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Frederick County
Harry Greenstein
Frederick County Welfare Board
Works Progress Administration
J. S. Turner
Washington
WPA
Lewis B. Dertzbaugh
Gambrill Park
Ay Bs Wet Ae
Emmitsburg
PWA
Frederick City
Playground Benefit Concert Boosts 1935 Budget
Frederick’s 1935 playground season closed Friday with a concert by David Hagan's orchestra attended by about three hundred. The final offering to meet expenses incurred by the Playground Commission this season was 13 dollars, bringing total public contributions to 62467 plus a city grant of 90. Mayor Lloyd Culler thanked the public and coordinators, noting the year as very satisfactory and highlighting full Washington Street and partial Scaleysdale scheduling.
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Frederick
Ske Back
David Hagan
LeRoy MrCardell
Lloyd Culler
Tlayground Commission
Washington Street
Platground
Pronnae Fae
Snenert
Othe Biosram
Five youths caught traveling without license plates
Five youths from Massachusetts to Frederick were stopped on South Meerkat by city officers Swomler and Hoffman who released them after they explained an application for tags and showed an affidavit. The car was impounded and held at the garage.
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Manow
Frederick
South Meerkat
Thearing Ar
Swomler and
Hoffman
New Plan for Frederick Transients and Court Jury Drawn
The Frederick transient center expires as the government shifts care of homeless workers. Robert M Rupp will register applicants and shelter them at a private boarding house overnight before transport to Fort Howard or Camp Holabird. The county completes 48 jurors for the September circuit court term.
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Frederick
Covery
Eighth Street
George Baker Fout
Pout
J Calvin Hall
Robert M Rupp
Mr Rupp
Fort Howard
Camp Holabird
Ruvp
Brunswick
Hagerstown
Rupp
Brownsvy Wash Neton
Thas Gectooti
Jane
Circuit Court
Grand Ney
Hammond Urner
Arthur D. Wikard
Buckeystown
Harry D Shankle
Ralph G
Thomas Frederick
Clyde M Roney
Oscar Rhoads
Samuel E Brown Jr
Tenathys Boorkee
Charles A Sifford
Grove White
Thomas H Baumeardner
Harry Rowe
J Herman Mock
Middletown
Leshie W Gaver
Rusell S Hoffman
Creagerstown
Guy W Boiler
Samuel C
Free
Local Soldiers Return From Camp Near Frederick
Local guardsmen and headquarters staff returned to the State Armory after a deployment at Mt Gretna Pennsylvania. The advance party arrived before noon and the main contingent came in mid afternoon. Major Elmer Munshaw and Captain Guy Anders led the group with others proceeding to Camp Perry in Ohio. Sergt D R Perkins, wounded at camp, has recovered and rejoined the unit as loading was completed this morning.
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Elmer Munshowest
Maryland National Guard
Guy Anders
Frederik
Camp Perry
Cleveland
Ohio
D R Perkins
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Sax
$700 000 Sanitation Program Presented
Baltimore August 31 AP A $700000 rural sanitation project sponsored by the State Health Department in cooperation with the Balou Blatty Publicals Sake mia ty will be under state works progress transmission in Washington. WPA executives call it a well worked out proposition. Robert Horsley State Health Director says it would reach every hook and cranny of the state. A total of 593 men from relief rolls will be employed to improve sanitary conditions in communities in every county. Federal share is 3289664 and $381595 is to be provided by individual homeowners in materials.
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Baltimore
State Health Department
Washington
WPA
Robert Ho Rsley
Riley
Health Department
Market Ends Month With Modest Gains as Leaders Rise
New York August 31 AP The stock market showed listlessness in the final session of the month yet many issues closed higher led by utilities and other specialties. Pre holiday apathy marked declines, transfers of small volumes in more than a month aided sentiment. Wheat advanced briskly while cotton lagged, and U.S. government securities rose moderately with corporate loans declining. Foreign exchange offered little support as call money steadied around a quarter percent and the pound opened at 4.96.
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New York
U.S
Four Girls Found Safe After Mountain Search
Four girls reported missing in the mountain area were found yesterday afternoon and returned home unharmed. The group, led by Cynthia Wrightson and including Minte and Marina Wrightson and another, were located with the help of searchers covering the hillside near Bretton Woods. The incident involved workers and local authorities coordinating a large mountain-side search.
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Bretton Woods
Hfe
Cynthia
Minte
Marina Wrightson
Wiam
Wiam G. Wrightson of Orange Nt Thte Present of the Ais Avante
Tes
W Bre
Searners
Scoes
Vast Rights In Ethiopia Granted By Haile Selassie
The United States reports an Ethiopian concession of vast territory to the African Development Ex ecation Company, a Delaware concern, with Haile Selassie approving development by American and British interests. Italian officials in Rome caution that such moves do not yet affect Mussolini's plans for the region.
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Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Delaware Concern
Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Anocia
Presa
Addio Ababa
Sogn- Munique
African Development Oploration Company
Delaware
Eost
Francis M. Rickett
Funeral in Brussels for Belgium's Queen Astrid
Crowds braved drizzle at the Brussels palace to bid farewell to Queen Astrid of Belgium. Royal watchers from across Europe attended, including Queen Elizabeth and Princess Josephine Charlotte. The funeral moved from Sainte Gude Cathedral to the royal crypt at Laeken.
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Europe
Belgium
Astrid
Pralace
Lake Lucerne
Switzerland
Ringman
Elizabeth
Marie Jose
Piedmont
Italy
Naples
Avendaree
Waa
Countess du Roy de Bhequy
Josephine Charlotte
Baudouin
Leopold
Albert
Ional
Ste Gndule Cathedral
Royal Crypt
Laeke Inn
Mies
Ethiopia Grants Oil Concession to Delaware Firm
An Ethiopian official announced a concession for oil development to the African Development Exploration Corporation of Delaware. The move, approved by Emperor Haile Selassie, aims to reduce Italian economic influence and shapes diplomacy as negotiations also touch a Lake Tang Conservancy project and a dam at Lake Tana.
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Pa Tie Sories Eeee
Emperior Halle Belaasie
Africcan Development Exploration Corporation
Bands and Oi Company
African Development Exploration Corporation
Dover
Del
Alfred W. Briteen
Edward F Willams
Benjamin W. Weinturp
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Italing Legation
Judah
Will Rogers Final Alaska Dispatches Published
The News will publish Will Rogers final three articles written from Fairbanks Alaska before his death in a trip with Wiley Post. The August 14 dispatches reached New York August 24 and show Rogers planned the pieces a week apart. The Alaska journey details include coast travel from Seattle toward the last frontier and new insights from the famous humorist.
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Will Rogers
Rogers
Seattle
Alaska
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